Biographical Sketch of Isaac G. DARLINGTON (1893); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1893, page 560. "ISAAC G. DARLINGTON, now deceased, was a son of Brinton Darlington, and was born in 1808, in East Bradford township, Chester county, Pennsylvania. He died in West Chester, October 28, 1879, aged seventy-one years. The paternal grand- father of the subject of this sketch, Thomas Darlington, married Hannah Brinton, and was the father of a large family, one of his sons being Brinton Darlington, father of the subject of this sketch. "Isaac G. Darlington was educated principally in the common schools of East Bradford township, and afterward spent one year at Westtown boarding school. Leaving school he followed farming in East Bradford township until about 1872, when he retired and removed to the borough of West Chester, where he resided during the remainder of his life. In politics he was a staunch republican, but took little part in public affairs. In 1830 he married Sarah Mercer, a daughter of Jesse Mercer, of what is now known as Oakbourne, Westtown township, this county. Jesse Mercer was a large land owner and extensive farmer. By this marriage, Mr. Darlington had a family of five children, only two of whom lived to maturity. The youngest of these, a daughter named Irene, died November 19, 1879, aged forty-five years, so that the only surviving child of Isaac and Sarah Darlington is Hannah Mercer Darlington, who still resides in the borough of West Chester. For the early history of this numerous and dis- tinguished family, reference is made to the sketches of Frank P., John N., and other members of the Darlington family, which appear elsewhere in this volume."